X-Message-Number: 12099 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: for Jan Coetzee Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 22:54:47 +1000 (EST) To Jan Coetzee: Yes, you bring up a very good point. Even now it would be quite unwise to depend on future advances in aging research to give us the years we want. I myself may even be an example to show the kinds of problems we must all think about. I did not know I'd get a brain tumor in 1988 at all, and believed confidently that when I finally got a "fatal" disease I would be of some high age, 70 or above at least. (But unlike all the people to whom you allude, I had already signed up for cryonic suspension). And so it was with shocked surprise I learned that I had a possibly fatal brain tumor... though even then, the thought that I could still be suspended lessened the shock and mental turmoil. Best wishes and long long life to all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12099